From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works

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From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works

Posted: 6/16/08 at 4:52pm

""Passing Strange" creator Stew, who nabbed the Tony for book, said the rock music he composed for the show is "music people actually listen to on subways, or when they're getting stoned."

Stew plays himself in the bio-tuner, but he said he definitely could see someone else in the role, for instance, Corey Glover from the rock band Living Colour.

He can also see "Passing Strange" as a movie. He said a pic version is in the works."

http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117987517.html?nav=news&categoryid=1983&cs=1

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re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works

Posted: 6/16/08 at 4:54pm

oh boy, here we go....

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Posted: 6/16/08 at 4:55pm

Updated On: 5/3/09 at 04:55 PM

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re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works

Posted: 6/16/08 at 4:56pm

music people actually listen to on subways, or when they're getting stoned."

Lovely!

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Posted: 6/16/08 at 4:56pm

I could see this as a Spike Lee joint.

#6

re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works

Posted: 6/16/08 at 4:57pm

I fast-forwarded their performance on last night's Tony Awards about 15-seconds into it.

That should speak for the interest a film-version of this pretentious crap will bring.

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Posted: 6/16/08 at 5:03pm

I LOVE Passing Strange, but I really can't see it as a movie.

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Posted: 6/16/08 at 5:05pm

At least we can take some comfort in the fact that it cannot possibly be the worst movie ever made. Those already exist.

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re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works

Posted: 6/16/08 at 5:06pm

Goodness. Well, i just don't see it in a movie but hey, stranger things have happened!

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re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works

Posted: 6/16/08 at 5:20pm

I believe it WILL be a Spike Lee Joint, having seen him at the show numerous times....

A lot of ill will towards Stew here, but what the hey, he has slowly built his OWN career over the past 20 years HIS way! Frank Sinatra: I'll do it MY way. What's not to admire?

So, he's an individualist..so he purposely uses hyperbole to accentuate his "points".

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re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works

Posted: 6/16/08 at 5:50pm

That's interesting that he mentions Living Colour because when I listen to the OBC, Stew reminds me so much of Corey Glover. Not in appearance but in his music. God I love Living Colour. Listen to Vivid and Time's Up. Great, great music. Whatever happened to them?

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Posted: 6/16/08 at 5:53pm

Clever, ck out my links on the Official PS Love Thread. Article about this and YouTube video of Corey.

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re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works

Posted: 6/16/08 at 6:14pm

I will have to go to the movie stoned.

It's the only way to do it... clearly.

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Posted: 6/16/08 at 7:37pm

This would NOT work as a movie. It's an extremely theatrical experience.

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Posted: 6/16/08 at 8:41pm

Wait.

The HAIRSPRAY movie worked?

I must have missed that part...

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re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works

Posted: 6/16/08 at 8:44pm

I imagine if Spike Lee were to sign on to this surefire flop, at some point in the interview campaign we'd get an earful about how race was the deciding factor in Passing Strange winning close to nothing at the Tonys.

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Posted: 6/16/08 at 10:32pm

I actually could see this working...

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Posted: 6/16/08 at 10:35pm

Not to threadjack, but I have to hop on the TooDarnHot train for this one...

The Hairspray movie was mediocre.

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Posted: 6/16/08 at 10:43pm

A "Passing Strange" movie makes about as much sense as a movie derived from a Saturday Night Live sketch. I rest my case. from RC in Austin, Texas

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re: From Variety & Stew: PASSING STRANGE movie in the works

Posted: 6/16/08 at 10:50pm

This will be a Spike Lee joint and if anyone could pull it off, it's him.

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Posted: 6/17/08 at 1:55am

For the love of god why??? It's not even a musical. Now they're going to try and make it into something else that it's also not?

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Posted: 6/17/08 at 2:27am

I actually think that Passing Strange would lend itself quite well to film, much better than it does to the broadway stage, it would be cool if it had a "the last waltz" / "woodstock" filmes concert feel but with the story being told along the way... ha I actually can see it being quite good.

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Posted: 6/17/08 at 4:48am

The Hairspray movie did very well.... especially compared to how other movies (Not Indiana Jones though..) are doing.

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Posted: 7/3/08 at 5:53pm

Confirmed... sort of. It's not the 'movie' we talked about, but something is happening.

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/07/spike-lee.html

Updated On: 7/3/08 at 05:53 PM

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Posted: 7/3/08 at 6:03pm

That's pretty nifty! About the filming the stage version for television...